SDPI's Board of Governors consists of distinguished individuals selected from numerous disciplines including economics, law, community development, media, social sciences, business and industry, engineering, biology, chemistry, and science and technology. A list of the present Board of Governors is given below:

Dr. Saeed Shafqat
Chairperson of the Board
Professor and Director - Center for Public Policy and Governance (CPPG)
Forman Christian University, Lahore

Dr. Masuma Hasan
Former Cabinet Secretary- Government of Pakistan (GoP)

Dr. Qasim Jan
Vice Chancellor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad

Dr. Pervez Tahir
Mahbub-ul-Haq Chair in Economics, GC University, Lahore

Dr. Hamida Khuhro
Former Minister for Education and Literacy, Government of Sindh, Karachi

Justice (retd.) Majida Rizvi
Former Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women, GoP

Mr. Etrat H. Rizvi
Chief Executive Officer, National Asset Managing Company, Karachi

Shafqat Kakakhel
Former Ambassador
Former Acting Executive Director, UNEP

Syed Naveed Qamar
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Govt. of Pakistan

Dr. Abid Suleri
Ex-officio Member and Secretary to the Board, Executive Director SDPI